Recently added articles from Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX):
In `I Am America,' Stephen Colbert tells it like it isn't really.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Cary Darling "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert; Grand Central ($26.99) ___ Stephen Colbert has to hate himself right now. After all, he has just written a book _ that evil totem of intellectuals who read in their ivory-tower ...
Great gaggles of geckos.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Cathy Frisinger FORT WORTH, Texas _ You open your mailbox, a gecko skitters to the back. You glance out the window at night, and a gecko stares back at you. You open the drapes in the morning and _ eek! _ a small creature scampers away. What the heck-o, oh, ...
Season premiere of `It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' on FX.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Cary Darling Back in late summer 2005, FX _ riding high on the critical acclaim for the face-slicing plastic surgery drama "Nip/Tuck" and the Iraq-war-themed "Over There" _ decided to get into the sitcom business. Because, you know, detective Vic Mackey roasting faces on ...
Heating bills likely to rise.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Fuquay Oct. 10--A slightly colder winter and higher prices for natural gas and electricity are expected to push heating bills higher across the nation, the Energy Department said Tuesday. Nationwide, heating costs should rise 9.8 percent from a year ago. ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Mitchell Schnurman column: Home builders pulled back in a big way.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mitchell Schnurman Oct. 10--A housing correction is under way in North Texas, but is it going deep enough, fast enough? Housing starts for the past 12 months are down almost 32 percent from their peak in mid-2006, and building permits have declined even more ...
BRIEF: Ex-worker gets 6 years in holdup at ice cream shop.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Domingo Ramirez Jr. Oct. 10--EULESS -- A former ice cream shop employee has been sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in the holdup of the business in November, when a manager was beaten with a hammer. On Sept. 26, LeVar D. Jones, 26, of Euless ...
Towns to test power in numbers.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: R.A. Dyer Oct. 10--AUSTIN -- For many of the small-town residents of Eastland, electric deregulation has fallen far short of the promise. Electric retailers don't pay much attention to the rural area 95 miles west of Fort Worth, and many residents have not ...
BRIEF: City requiring gas stations to make motorists pay first.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jessica Deleon Oct. 10--HURST -- The city wants to make sure motorists pay before they pump. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to require prepayment for gasoline at retail businesses. All local gas stations already have such a policy in ...
'Highly qualified' reports are due.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Katherine Cromer Brock Oct. 10--In July, school districts reported to the state how many of their teachers meet the standard of "highly qualified," as required by federal No Child Left Behind Law. Under new procedures, they must report the numbers again by ...
City gives go-ahead for well at 'Trinity Trees' site.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Lee Oct. 10--FORT WORTH -- The city granted a permit Tuesday to Chesapeake Energy to locate a gas well pad site on the "Trinity Trees" site just west of University Drive near the Trinity River. At the same time, Chesapeake announced that it is shrinking ...
Take note of new passport rules.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Bourgeois Oct. 10--In case you haven't heard, Americans now need a passport to travel by air to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean -- destinations for which a simple photo ID, such as a driver's license, used to be enough. The rules changed Oct. 1. ...
After vote, landlords face broader inspection rules.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Lee Oct. 10--FORT WORTH -- New inspection requirements for landlords were approved by the City Council on Tuesday, after city administrators worked out a compromise that spared the owners of duplexes and single-family rental houses from some of the rules. ...
District 9 City Council hopefuls share their positions at forum.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Richard Stubbe Oct. 10--Here is how five candidates for the District 9 seat on the Fort Worth City Council responded to questions from the audience at the League of Women Voters forum Tuesday night at University Christian Church: Would you approve gas ...
Trustees approve guidelines for bond oversight committee.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Diane Smith Oct. 10--FORT WORTH -- School trustees approved bylaws and work guidelines Tuesday night for a community oversight committee to monitor the proposed $593.6 school bond package if it is approved by voters Nov. 6. The vote was 7-0 in favor of the ...
Expert on Nazi genetic 'cleansing' visits UTA today.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: John Austin Oct. 10--ARLINGTON -- Even before they made killing other groups a matter of official state policy, the Nazis were rounding up and executing those with physical or mental disabilities. Action T4, as it was called, focused on eliminating people whom ...
BRIEF: Several animals rescued from house fire.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Domingo Ramirez Jr. Oct. 10--GRAPEVINE -- A fire at a house near Lake Grapevine may have started in a garage, a fire official said Tuesday. No people were in the two-story house in the 2300 block of Mockingbird Drive, but firefighters rescued two guinea pigs, ...
Trophy Club park supervisor says he was accused of lying.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Teeter Oct. 10--Park supervisor Tony Jaramillo said he was accused of lying after the Star-Telegram reported that some town officials were questioning whether town employees had been asked to help the mayor move. In a recently filed employee grievance, ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Wendell Barnhouse column: COLLEGE FOOTBALL INSIDER.(Column)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Wendell Barnhouse Oct. 10--At the risk of again being bamboozled by the Buckeyes and the Big Ten Conference, it's time to point out that Ohio State has that championship look. Last season, coach Jim Tressel's team came within a victory of going wire-to-wire ...
Council increases gas well buffer from 300 feet to 600 feet.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sally Claunch Oct. 10--ARLINGTON -- The City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to double the distance that gas well sites must be from structures such as homes, schools, churches and day-care centers, but many residents said that is not enough. The council also voted ...
Miraculous finish inspires true belief for Cowboys.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mac Engel Oct. 10--IRVING -- They were inevitably all asked the same question, and nearly every member of the Cowboys had the same answer. "Nope. Never seen anything like it," receiver Terrell Owens said. Defensive end Chris Canty agreed, as did ...